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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Crossing Over: Mysteries With Shocking Endings

It has been a few month's since my last edition of Crossing Over so I think it's about time for me to do another one. If you're not familiar with Crossing Over it's a feature that stemmed from my desire to recommend an adult book with crossover appeal based on a YA or sometimes Middle Grade book that are similar. It's basically an if you liked, then try but for crossover books. It runs once a month here and I pick the books based on the theme of what I'm reading. So because this is Mystery month I decided to go with two books that are pretty fantastic and fit the theme.

Dangerous Girls is a fantastic YA Mystery that will absolutely mess with your head and have you questioning everything and everyone. It is about a young woman who is accused of murdering her best friend while they were on spring break and she has to try and figure out who did it so that she can avoid conviction. It is full of complex characters that are rather on the creepy side and kept me guessing throughout the entire book and is one of the best mysteries I have read with something that is solvable but complex, and an ending that will leave you reeling and totally blow your mind. It's kind of dark at times and almost feels like a True Crime kind of story with a lot of focus on the court process. In general this is one of the best mysteries I read in a long time.

Dear Daughter is a really good Adult Mystery that will absolutely mess with your head and have you questioning everything and everyone. It is about a young woman who was convicted of murdering her mother and now that she is out of prison, she has to try and figure out who did it so that she can go on with her life. It is full of quirky characters that are rather on the creepy side and kept me guessing throughout the entire book and is a really good mystery I have read a few years back. The overall mystery was a little simpler than I like but the ending will leave you reeling and totally blow your mind. It's kind of dark at times and almost feels like a True Crime kind of story with a lot of focus on the affects that being convicted and going to prison can do to a person. In general this is a good mystery and I think fans of the genre should check out.

These are both good examples of what I love about mysteries. Something that has you questioning everything and anything to do with what is happening and "who done it" and whether you solve things or not, the ending has you totally shocked in the best possible way. This is of course not the only example of that, I did a Top Ten Tuesday for fans of Gone Girl and I think those are all books I would recommend to fantasy fans.

Have you read Scarlet and/or Bitter Greens? What did you think? What retelling that read like historical fiction crossovers do you like? Leave me a comment with your thoughts. Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY READING!

About Me

One of the great joys of my life is curling up with a good (or sometimes bad) book. I'm rarely without a book, and I read any chance I can get. I will pretty much read anything and enjoy both YA and adult works. It's very hard for me to decide what to read on a given day so I often read multiple books at once. When I'm not reading I can be found cooking, traveling, or hanging out with my super cute cat.